These few sheets of parchment seemed to have been torn directly from another complete Secret Lore, with numerous annotations between the lines.
"Song of the Worker Insect?"
Aaron spotted its name in the annotations on the second page.
"It really is incomplete. It only contains the First Primordial—'Chrysalis'—and the Second Primordial—'Worker Insect'!"
"Judging from the description in the Secret Lore, Jack should be at the First Primordial, the limit of 'Chrysalis,' and trying to advance to 'Worker Insect'! He needs a ritual: starting in April, he must disguise himself as another person until the end of July... Relationships are also a special kind of 'chrysalis'... Once July passes, he can break out of the chrysalis and develop into an 'Adult Insect'... He was about to succeed, but unfortunately for him, he ran into me."
"By that logic, after the Benjamin family dismissed him, Jack met a 'mentor' and stepped through the door to the mysterious world. Just before he advanced, he chose poor Mr. Benjamin out of spite—and because he was a convenient target to impersonate!"
"That human skin... 'Chrysalis' absolutely couldn't have made it. Was it his mentor's work?"
"Still, this 'mentor' might not have good intentions... Ants and bees both have very strict hierarchies, so his mentor probably intends to use this Secret Lore to completely control Jack and turn him into a puppet..."
"Looks like a new target has appeared. Jack's life after leaving his job is the clue!"
Aaron wasn't the least bit afraid of having provoked a 'powerful enemy.' On the contrary, he was a little pleased.
"If only I could run into an evil society devoted to 'Yao'... Then I wouldn't have to worry about finding the resources to advance."
He sighed, put away the Secret Lore, and looked at Lady Benjamin.
"Are you